CHESS · WORLD CUP · BAKU
Chess World Cup 2023 prize money
$1,834,000 paid to all 206 players in Baku, 30 July 2023 to 24 August 2023. Magnus Carlsen won it and was paid $110,000, and the 78 players out in the first round were paid $3,000 each.
PAID OUT $1.8m
THE WINNER $110,000
PLAYERS PAID 206
FIRST ROUND $3,000
What each round paid
One player's prize for going out at each stage
| Went out | Players | Each | Between them |
|---|---|---|---|
| WINNER | 1 | $110,000 | $110,000 |
| Runner-up | 1 | $80,000 | $80,000 |
| Third place | 1 | $60,000 | $60,000 |
| Fourth place | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 |
| Quarter-finals | 4 | $35,000 | $140,000 |
| Round 5 | 8 | $25,000 | $200,000 |
| Round 4 | 16 | $16,000 | $256,000 |
| Round 3 | 32 | $10,000 | $320,000 |
| Round 2 | 64 | $6,000 | $384,000 |
| Round 1 | 78 | $3,000 | $234,000 |
Where the money went, round by round
The first round cost FIDE $234,000, 13% of the pot, against 6.0% for the winner. A knockout pays its first-round losers more between them than it pays its champion, because there are so many more of them.
Every player paid in Baku
All 206 players, by what they won
| Player | Federation | Went out | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magnus Carlsen | Norway | Winner | $110,000 |
| R Praggnanandhaa | India | Runner-up | $80,000 |
| Fabiano Caruana | United States | Third place | $60,000 |
| Nijat Abasov | Azerbaijan | Fourth place | $50,000 |
| Arjun Erigaisi | India | Quarter-finals | $35,000 |
| Gukesh Dommaraju | India | Quarter-finals | $35,000 |
| Leinier Domínguez | United States | Quarter-finals | $35,000 |
| Vidit Gujrathi | India | Quarter-finals | $35,000 |
| Alexey Sarana | Serbia | Round 5 | $25,000 |
| Ferenc Berkes | Hungary | Round 5 | $25,000 |
| Ian Nepomniachtchi | FIDE flag | Round 5 | $25,000 |
| Jan-Krzysztof Duda | Poland | Round 5 | $25,000 |
| Nils Grandelius | Sweden | Round 5 | $25,000 |
| Salem Saleh | United Arab Emirates | Round 5 | $25,000 |
| Vasyl Ivanchuk | Ukraine | Round 5 | $25,000 |
| Wang Hao | China | Round 5 | $25,000 |
| Andrey Esipenko | FIDE flag | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Daniele Vocaturo | Italy | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Étienne Bacrot | France | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Hikaru Nakamura | United States | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Jaime Santos Latasa | Spain | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Javokhir Sindarov | Uzbekistan | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Nihal Sarin | India | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Parham Maghsoodloo | Iran | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Peter Svidler | FIDE flag | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Radosław Wojtaszek | Poland | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Rasmus Svane | Germany | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Ray Robson | United States | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Ruslan Ponomariov | Ukraine | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Vahap Şanal | Turkey | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Vincent Keymer | Germany | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Wesley So | United States | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Abdulla Gadimbayli | Azerbaijan | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Alexander Donchenko | Germany | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Amin Tabatabaei | Iran | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Anish Giri | Netherlands | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Anton Korobov | Ukraine | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Aryan Tari | Norway | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Bardiya Daneshvar | Iran | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Bassem Amin | Egypt | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Benjámin Gledura | Hungary | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Bogdan-Daniel Deac | Romania | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Daniil Dubov | FIDE flag | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| David Howell | England | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| David Navara | Czechia | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Francisco Vallejo Pons | Spain | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Gadir Guseinov | Azerbaijan | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Ivan Cheparinov | Bulgaria | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Ivan Schitco | Moldova | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Jorden van Foreest | Netherlands | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Jules Moussard | France | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Kirill Shevchenko | Romania | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Lê Quang Liêm | Vietnam | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Matthias Blübaum | Germany | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | France | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Mustafa Yılmaz | Turkey | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Nikita Vitiugov | FIDE flag | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Rauf Mamedov | Azerbaijan | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| S. L. Narayanan | India | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Teimour Radjabov | Azerbaijan | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Tin Jingyao | Singapore | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Vladimir Fedoseev | Slovenia | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Wei Yi | China | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Yu Yangyi | China | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Abhimanyu Puranik | India | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Adhiban Baskaran | India | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Ahmed Adly | Egypt | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Aleksandar Inđić | Serbia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Alexander Grischuk | FIDE flag | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Alexandr Fier | Brazil | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Alexandr Predke | Serbia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Andrei Volokitin | Ukraine | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Ante Brkić | Croatia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Arseniy Nesterov | FIDE flag | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Awonder Liang | United States | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Axel Bachmann | Paraguay | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Aydin Suleymanli | Azerbaijan | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Boris Gelfand | Israel | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera | Cuba | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Cristóbal Henríquez Villagra | Chile | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Daniel Dardha | Belgium | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Daniel Fridman | Germany | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| David Antón Guijarro | Spain | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| David Paravyan | FIDE flag | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Dimitrios Mastrovasilis | Greece | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Dmitrij Kollars | Germany | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Eduardo Iturrizaga | Spain | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Eltaj Safarli | Azerbaijan | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Emilio Córdova | Peru | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Emre Can | Turkey | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Frederik Svane | Germany | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Georg Meier | Uruguay | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Gianmarco Leiva | Peru | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Huang Renjie | China | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Igor Janik | Poland | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Ilya Smirin | Israel | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Ivan Ivanišević | Serbia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Ivan Šarić | Croatia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Jerguš Pecháč | Slovakia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Jonas Buhl Bjerre | Denmark | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Karthik Venkataraman | India | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Laurent Fressinet | France | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Levan Pantsulaia | Georgia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Luis Paulo Supi | Brazil | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Markus Ragger | Austria | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Mateusz Bartel | Poland | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Maxime Lagarde | France | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Mikhail Antipov | FIDE flag | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Mikheil Mchedlishvili | Georgia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Misratdin Iskandarov | Azerbaijan | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Niclas Huschenbeth | Germany | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Nodirbek Abdusattorov | Uzbekistan | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Nodirbek Yakubboev | Uzbekistan | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Pablo Ismael Acosta | Argentina | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Pablo Salinas Herrera | Chile | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Rinat Jumabayev | Kazakhstan | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Sam Shankland | United States | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Sergei Azarov | FIDE flag | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Azerbaijan | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Susal Thewjan de Silva | Sri Lanka | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Temur Kuybokarov | Australia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Thai Dai Van Nguyen | Czechia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Valentin Dragnev | Austria | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Vasif Durarbayli | Azerbaijan | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Velimir Ivić | Serbia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Viktor Erdős | Hungary | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Vugar Asadli | Azerbaijan | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Yuriy Kuzubov | Ukraine | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Abdelrahman Hesham | Egypt | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Adham Fawzy | Egypt | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Alisher Karimov | Tajikistan | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Alisher Suleymenov | Kazakhstan | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Amir Zaibi | Tunisia | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Amro El Jawich | Lebanon | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Anton Demchenko | Slovenia | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Austin Yang Ching-Wei | Chinese Taipei | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Aydagnuhem Gezachew Abera | Ethiopia | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Basheer Al-Qudaimi | Yemen | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Bernardo Roselli | Uruguay | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Bobby Cheng | Australia | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Carlos Matamoros Franco | Ecuador | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Chitumbo Mwali | Zambia | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Christopher Yoo | United States | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Daniel Cawdery | South Africa | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Dante Beukes | Namibia | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Deng Cypriano Rehan | South Sudan | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Denis Kadrić | Montenegro | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Ediz Gürel | Turkey | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Eldiar Orozbaev | Kyrgyzstan | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Enamul Hossain | Bangladesh | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Eric Hansen | Canada | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Evandro Amorim Barbosa | Brazil | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Felix Blohberger | Austria | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Fernando Peralta | Argentina | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo | Madagascar | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Gábor Nagy | Hungary | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Ganzorigiin Amartüvshin | Mongolia | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Gregory Kaidanov | United States | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Grzegorz Nasuta | Poland | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Harsha Bharathakoti | India | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Haruna Nsubuga | Uganda | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Josiah Stearman | United States | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Kacper Piorun | Poland | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Kareim Wageih | Egypt | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Kevin Goh Wei Ming | Singapore | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Lance Henderson de La Fuente | Andorra | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Lê Tuấn Minh | Vietnam | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Lee Jun-hyeok | South Korea | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Leonel Figueredo Losada | Mexico | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Lim Zhuo Ren | Malaysia | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Luis Ernesto Quesada Pérez | Cuba | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Luis Fernando Ibarra Chami | Mexico | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Luka Paichadze | Georgia | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Mahammad Muradli | Azerbaijan | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Malek Koniahli | Syria | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Mark Paragua | Philippines | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Massinas Djabri | Algeria | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Mohamed Tissir | Morocco | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Mohammad Fahad Rahman | Bangladesh | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Nay Lin Tun | Myanmar | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Nidjat Mamedov | Azerbaijan | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Oluwafemi Balogun | Nigeria | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Ori Kobo | Israel | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Peter Michalik | Czechia | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Pouria Darini | Iran | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Prin Laohawirapap | Thailand | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Providence Oatlhotse | Botswana | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Roberto Carlos Sanchez Alvarez | Panama | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Rodwell Makoto | Zimbabwe | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Rupesh Jaiswal | Nepal | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Santiago Avila Pavas | Colombia | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Shamsiddin Vokhidov | Uzbekistan | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis | Greece | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Sumiyaagiin Bilgüün | Mongolia | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Susanto Megaranto | Indonesia | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Szymon Gumularz | Poland | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Timur Gareyev | United States | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Tomas Laurušas | Lithuania | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Trần Thanh Tú | Japan | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Vitaliy Bernadskiy | Ukraine | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Vladimir Baklan | Ukraine | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Xu Yinglun | China | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Yago De Moura Santiago | Brazil | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Yousef Alhassadi | Libya | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Yuanchen Zhang | Canada | Round 1 | $3,000 |
| Zdenko Kožul | Croatia | Round 1 | $3,000 |
Fabiano Caruana won the match for third place, which pays more than fourth. Until 2019 there was no such match, and the two beaten semi-finalists were paid the same.
Chess World Cup 2023 by federation
What each federation's players took home
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money was there at the Chess World Cup 2023?
$1,834,000, paid to all 206 players in Baku from 30 July 2023 to 24 August 2023.
How much did Magnus Carlsen win at the Chess World Cup 2023?
$110,000, 6.0% of the pot. R Praggnanandhaa was paid $80,000 as runner-up.
How much did a first-round loser get at the Chess World Cup 2023?
$3,000. 78 players went out in the first round, and they took $234,000 between them, 13% of the pot.
Did the Chess World Cup 2023 pay more than 2021?
No. It paid $1,834,000 against $1,892,500 in 2021, with 206 players against 206.
Which country won the most at the Chess World Cup 2023?
India, whose 10 players took $232,000 between them.
Where to next
The players paid in Baku, and every other World Cup
Paid in Baku
- Magnus Carlsen
- R Praggnanandhaa
- Fabiano Caruana
- Nijat Abasov
- Arjun Erigaisi
- Gukesh Dommaraju
- Leinier Domínguez
- Vidit Gujrathi
- Alexey Sarana
- Ferenc Berkes
- Ian Nepomniachtchi
- Jan-Krzysztof Duda
- Nils Grandelius
- Salem Saleh
- Vasyl Ivanchuk
- Wang Hao
- Andrey Esipenko
- Daniele Vocaturo
- Étienne Bacrot
- Hikaru Nakamura
- Jaime Santos Latasa
- Javokhir Sindarov
- Nihal Sarin
- Parham Maghsoodloo
- Peter Svidler
- Radosław Wojtaszek
- Rasmus Svane
- Ray Robson
- Ruslan Ponomariov
- Vahap Şanal
- Vincent Keymer
- Wesley So
- Abdulla Gadimbayli
- Alexander Donchenko
- Amin Tabatabaei
- Anish Giri
- Anton Korobov
- Aryan Tari
- Bardiya Daneshvar
- Bassem Amin
- Benjámin Gledura
- Bogdan-Daniel Deac
- Daniil Dubov
- David Howell
- David Navara
- Francisco Vallejo Pons
- Gadir Guseinov
- Ivan Cheparinov
- Ivan Schitco
- Jorden van Foreest
- Jules Moussard
- Kirill Shevchenko
- Lê Quang Liêm
- Matthias Blübaum
- Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
- Mustafa Yılmaz
- Nikita Vitiugov
- Rauf Mamedov
- S. L. Narayanan
- Teimour Radjabov
- Tin Jingyao
- Vladimir Fedoseev
- Wei Yi
- Yu Yangyi
- Adhiban Baskaran
- Ahmed Adly
- Aleksandar Inđić
- Alexander Grischuk
- Alexandr Fier
- Alexandr Predke
- Andrei Volokitin
- Ante Brkić
- Arseniy Nesterov
- Awonder Liang
- Axel Bachmann
- Aydin Suleymanli
- Boris Gelfand
- Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera
- Cristóbal Henríquez Villagra
- Daniel Dardha
- Daniel Fridman
- David Antón Guijarro
- David Paravyan
- Dimitrios Mastrovasilis
- Dmitrij Kollars
- Eduardo Iturrizaga
- Eltaj Safarli
- Emilio Córdova
- Emre Can
- Frederik Svane
- Georg Meier
- Ilya Smirin
- Ivan Ivanišević
- Ivan Šarić
- Karthik Venkataraman
- Laurent Fressinet
- Levan Pantsulaia
- Luis Paulo Supi
- Markus Ragger
- Mateusz Bartel
- Maxime Lagarde
- Mikhail Antipov
- Mikheil Mchedlishvili
- Niclas Huschenbeth
- Nodirbek Abdusattorov
- Nodirbek Yakubboev
- Pablo Salinas Herrera
- Rinat Jumabayev
- Sam Shankland
- Sergei Azarov
- Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
- Temur Kuybokarov
- Thai Dai Van Nguyen
- Vasif Durarbayli
- Velimir Ivić
- Viktor Erdős
- Yuriy Kuzubov
- Adham Fawzy
- Alisher Suleymenov
- Amir Zaibi
- Anton Demchenko
- Bobby Cheng
- Chitumbo Mwali
- Ediz Gürel
- Felix Blohberger
- Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo
- Kacper Piorun
- Mohammad Fahad Rahman
- Shamsiddin Vokhidov
- Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis
- Susanto Megaranto
- Timur Gareyev
Every other World Cup
Federations
- India
- United States
- Azerbaijan
- Norway
- FIDE flag
- Germany
- Ukraine
- Poland
- China
- Serbia
- France
- Hungary
- Iran
- Spain
- Turkey
- Uzbekistan
- Sweden
- United Arab Emirates
- Egypt
- Netherlands
- Romania
- Czechia
- Brazil
- Italy
- Croatia
- Israel
- Georgia
- Austria
- Vietnam
- Singapore
- Slovenia
- Chile
- Peru
- England
- Bulgaria
- Moldova
- Cuba
- Greece
- Uruguay
- Argentina
- Kazakhstan
- Australia
- Paraguay
- Belgium
- Bangladesh
- Canada
- Mongolia
- Mexico
- Tunisia
- Zambia
- Montenegro
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Philippines
- Algeria
- Indonesia
- Lithuania